translation


ESCAPE

  Sets or displays the escape character.

  The escape character prevents the character that follows it from
  being translated, even if there is an entry for it in the translation
  table.

  The escape character prefixed to curly brackets also inhibits
  evaluation of a formula enclosed in a pair curly brackets.

  Format:

  ESCAPE character

  Example:

  esc ^

  (Replaces the current escape character by a caret.)

Additional Information on:

  • character

  • TRANSLATE

      Using the TRANSLATE command, you can modify the input translation
      table. Changes are in effect from the moment the command has been
      issued onwards until further notice. The input translation commands
      are themselves subject to the current translation table.
    
      Input translation is carried out immediately after reading the line,
      before case conversion and also before substitution of expressions
      enclosed by curly brackets.
    
      Characters preceded by the escape character (by default set to
      backslash: \) are not translated.
    
      If arguments are omitted altogether, the current translation table
      is displayed.
    
      Format:
    
      TRANSLATE [CYCLES ncycle] ...
           [INTEGER | HEXADECIMAL] char_in [INTEGER | HEXADECIMAL] char_out
    
      Example:
    
      TRANSLATE "." "&", X Y
    
      From this point onwards, you can type .CELL in addition to &CELL
      to enter the cell section. In addition, all characters X found in
      the input are changed into Y. The number of translation cycles is
      not changed.
    

    Additional Information on:

  • INTEGER
  • HEXADECIMAL
  • char_in_out
  • ncycle

  • GET-TRANSLATION-TABLE

      Retrieves the translation table from a dataset to which it
      has been written by means of a WRITE-TRANSLATION-TABLE
      command. The member name is optional if only one translation
      table has been stored in the dataset.
    
      Format:
    
      GET-TRANSLATION-TABLE dsname [member]
    
      Example:
    
      GET-TRANS garflib.dat vax
    
      Reads a member called VAX from the library GARFLIB.DAT.
    

    WRITE-TRANSLATION-TABLE

      Writes the current translation tables to a dataset for later
      retrieval by GET-TRANSLATION-TABLE. The keywords DATASET and
      REMARK are optional if the member name is not omitted if a
      remark is present.
    
      Format:
    
      WRITE-TRANSLATION-TABLE DATASET dsname [member] [REMARK remark]
    
      Example:
    
      WR-TRANS trans.dat vax
    

    Keyword index. Formatted on 10/11/98.